IDENTIFIERS
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id:	73596
accession number:	C.2494-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The oval back is convex on the upper side. The flat underside is pierced by rows of holes into which bunches of bristles are inserted and held in place by adhesive. The top is decorated with seven nude infants playing amidst foliated and floriated foliage against a dark blue ground
object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with animal hair bristles
title:	brush

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Sotheby's, 27 January 1921, Catalogue of Porcelain and Pottery, lot 101, described as 'an unusual piece' purchased by 'Arthur' (?Heyman/Hesman) the porter on Dr Glaisher's behalf for £7.15.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73596

PEOPLE
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putto




TECHNIQUES
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earthenware, moulded, indented with shallow holes on the flat side, tin-glazed on the upper surface, and painted in blue; bunches of bristles are inserted into the indentations and fixed there with adhesive, probably animal glue of some kind
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1690 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1690
creation date latest:	1700

CREATORS
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maker: uncertain

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.2



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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